List of Tokyo Broadcasting System announcers

Below is a list of current and former broadcast announcers for the Tokyo Broadcasting System, its spin-offs, and predecessor entities.

Current announcers

Male or man

  • Naoki Uraguchi (浦口 直樹, Uraguchi Naoki) joined in 1983
  • Masahiro Kiyohara (清原 正博, Kiyohara Masahiro) joined in 1988
  • Masao Mukai (向井 政生, Mukai Masao) joined in 1988
  • Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 豊, Kobayashi Yutaka) joined in 1989
  • Tetsuya Saitō (斎藤 哲也, Saitō Tetsuya) joined in 1989
  • Hiroki Andō (安東 弘樹, Andō Hiroki) joined in 1991
  • Keisuke Hatsuta (初田 啓介, Hatsuta Keisuke) joined in 1993
  • Daisuke Shimizu (清水 大輔, Shimizu Daisuke) joined in 1993
  • Naohiro Masuda (升田 尚宏, Masuda Naohiro) joined in 1994
  • Toshiyuki Doi (土井 敏之, Doi Toshiyuki) joined in 1996
  • Wataru Ogasawara (小笠原 亘, Ogasawara Wataru) joined in 1996
  • Shinichirō Azumi (安住 紳一郎, Azumi Shinichirō) joined in 1997
  • Ryūta Itō (伊藤 隆太, Itō Ryūta) joined in 1997
  • Kengo Komada (駒田 健吾, Komada Kengo) joined in 1998
  • Etsuo Arata (新タ 悦男, Arata Etsuo) joined in 1998
  • Fumiyasu Satō (佐藤 文康, Satō Fumiyasu) joined in 1999
  • Shōhei Fujimori (藤森 祥平, Fujimori Shōhei) joined in 2001
  • Takahiro Takano (高野 貴裕, Takano Takahiro) joined in 2003
  • Ayumi Akaogi (赤荻 歩, Akaogi Ayumi) joined in 2004
  • Noriyuki Hasumi (蓮見孝之, Hasumi Noriyuki) joined in 2004
  • Ryūsuke Itō (伊藤 隆佑, Itō Ryūsuke) joined in 2006
  • Takahiro Inoue (井上 貴博, Inoue Takahiro) joined in 2007
  • Shin'ya Sugiyama (杉山 真也, Sugiyama Shin'ya) joined in 2007
  • Takaaki Yamamoto (山本 匠晃, Yamamoto Taaki) joined in 2008
  • Tomohiro Ishii (石井 大裕, Ishii Tomohiro) joined in 2010
  • Kazato Kumazaki (熊崎 風斗, Kumazaki Kazato) joined in 2013
  • Tomohiro Kiire (喜入 友浩, Kiire Tomohiro) joined in 2017
  • Hiroki Kobayashi (小林 廣輝, Kobayashi Hiroki) joined in 2018
  • Shun Watanabe (渡部峻, Watanabe Shun) joined in 2019
  • Shintaro Saito (齋藤慎太郎, Saito Shintaro) joined in 2020
  • Masato Shinanba (南波雅俊, Shinanba Masato) joined in 2020
  • Mitsuaki Ozawa (小沢 光葵, Ozawa Mitsuaki) joined in 2021
  • Mitsuki Takayanagi (高柳 光希, Takayanagi Mitsuki) joined in 2021
  • Ukyo Furuta (古田 敬郷, Furuta Ukyo) joined in 2022

Female or woman

  • Yuki Nagamine (長峰 由紀, Nagamine Yuki) joined in 1987
  • Junko Akisawa (秋沢 淳子, Akisawa Junko) joined in 1991
  • Kyoko Nagaoka (長岡 杏子, Nagaoka Kyōko) joined in 1994
  • Tomoko Ogawa (小川 知子, Ogawa Tomoko) joined in 1995
  • Mika Horii (堀井 美香, Horii Mika) joined in 1995
  • Hiroko Ogura (小倉 弘子, Ogura Hiroko) joined in 1997
  • Eri Toyama (外山 惠理, Toyama Eri) joined in 1998
  • Ayano Toyoda (豊田 綾乃, Toyoda Ayano) joined in
  • Tomoko Kubota (久保田 智子, Kubota Tomoko) joined in 2000
  • Ayu Yamanouchi (山内 あゆ, Yamanouchi Ayu) joined in 2000
  • Yuriko Takahata (高畑 百合子, Takahata Yuriko) joined in 2003
  • Hitomi Okamura (岡村 仁美, Okamura Hitomi) joined in 2005
  • Mai Demizu (出水 麻衣, Demizu Mai) joined in 2006
  • Mayumi Mizuno (水野 真裕美, Mizuno Mayumi) joined in 2006
  • Sylwia Katō (加藤 シルビア, Katō Sirubia) joined in 2008
  • Ai Etō (江藤 愛, Etō Ai) joined in 2009
  • Yūmi Furuya (古谷 有美, Furuya Yūmi) joined in 2011
  • Yumiko Kobayashi (小林 由未子, Kobayashi Yumiko) joined in 2013
  • Reina Minagawa (皆川 玲奈, Minagawa Reina) joined in 2014
  • Risa Unai (宇内 梨沙, Unai Risa) joined in 2015
  • Saeko Kamimura (上村 彩子, Kamimura Saeko) joined in 2015
  • Erika Yamamoto (山本 恵里伽, Yamamoto Erika) joined in 2016
  • Maoko Hibi (日比 麻音子, Hibi Maoko) joined in 2016
  • Junna Yamagata (山形 純菜, Yamagata Junna) joined in 2017
  • Rina Yamamoto (山本 里菜, Yamamoto Rina) joined in 2017
  • Megu Ugajin (宇賀神 メグ, Ugajin Megu) joined in 2018
  • Mako Tamura (田村 真子, Tamura Mako) joined in 2018
  • Ami Yoshihara (良原 安美, Yoshihara Ami) joined in 2018
  • Natsuko Kondo (近藤 夏子, Kondo Natsuko) joined in 2019
  • Rina Shinohara (篠原 梨菜, Shinohara Rina) joined in 2019
  • Yuko Wakabayashi (若林 有子, Wakabayashi Yuko) joined in 2019
  • Sayako Nomura (野村 彩也子, Nomura Sayako) joined in 2020
  • Maine Sasaki (佐々木 舞音, Sasaki Maine) joined in 2021
  • Eriko Yoshimura (吉村 恵里子, Yoshimura Eriko) joined in 2022
  • Kyoko Nango (南後 杏子, Nango Kyoko) joined in 2023
  • Nana Mitarai (御手洗 菜々, Mitarai Nana) joined in 2023
  • Kyla Urano (浦野芽良, Urano Kyla) joined in 2024

Former announcers

Retired announcers

Male

  • Takayuki Akutagawa (芥川隆行, Akutagawa Takayuki) (1951-1959); now as a narrator, he is in charge of "National Theater" (Mito Komon, Ooka Echizen, etc.). He died in October 1990
  • Masaaki Yamabayashi (山林正明, Yamabayashi Masaaki) (1954-1986)
  • Kunio Tabata (田畑国夫, Tabata Kunio) (1955-1985)
  • Tomohide Masuko (増子智英, Masuko Tomohide) (1955-1992)
  • Michio Matsuno (松野道男, Matsuno Michio) (1955-1983)
  • Hiroshi Kume (久米 宏, Kume Hiroshi) (1967–1979); now as freelance announcer
  • Shuji Yamada (山田修爾, Yamada Shuji) (1969-2005); now as Director, Producer, transferred to the entertainment office "CMA (→ Cast Plus)" He also served as managing director, President and Representative Director, and Advisor to Directors. He died in 2013.
  • Kunihiro Tsujimura (辻村国弘, Tsujimura Kunihiro) (1972-2006) now as Former NHK announcerlater director of "JNN News Feature", desk of "NEWS23", producer of "World Heritage"
  • Hisato Nakamura (中村久人, Nakamura Hisato) (1981–2017); now as TBS Radio News Desk
  • Shuichi Shibata (柴田修一, Shibata Shuichi) (1981-2017); now as TBS Radio's news desk and full-time faculty member of the Department of Newspapers, Faculty of Law, Nihon University
  • Makito Sugiyama (杉山 真喜人, Sugiyama Makito) (1988 - 1991); now as Content Business in Bureau
  • Hiroshi Shiga (志賀 大士, Shiga Hiroshi) (1996-2005); now as Production Department Variety Production Department. Currently "COUNT DOWN TV" producer etc.
  • Hasen Kuniyama (国山ハセン, Kuniyama Hasen) (2013 - 2022); now as Pivot video producer
  • Ryuta Shinada (品田 亮太, Shinada Ryuta) (2014-2019); now as News Department
  • Takahiro Tosaki (戸崎 貴広, Tosaki Takahiro) (1986–2021); now as freelance announcer

Female

  • Noriko Sato (佐藤紀子, Satō Noriko) (1962-1966)
  • Mieko Kenjo (見城美枝子, Kenjo Mieko) (1968-1973); now as Free announcer, essayist, journalist, vice president of Aomori University, professor of the Faculty of Sociology.
  • Makiko Sugawara (菅原牧子, Sugawara Makiko) (1968-2003)
  • Masako Noguchi (野口雅子, Noguchi Masako) (1983-1990)
  • Toko Amemiya (雨宮 塔子, Amemiya Tōko) (1993–1999); now as freelance announcer
  • Masako Shindo (進藤 晶子, Shindō Masako) (1994–2001)
  • Keiko Kojima (小島 慶子, Kojima Keiko) (1995–2010); now as tarento and radio personality
  • Ikumi Kimura (木村 郁美, Kimura Ikumi) (1996 -2018); now as Secretary's Office
  • Chisato Kaiho (海保 知里, Kaiho Chisato) (1999–2008); now as freelance announcer
  • Kanae Takeuchi (竹内 香苗, Takeuchi Kanae) (2001–2012); now lives in Argentina
  • Ako Kawada (川田 亜子, Kawada Ako) (2002–2007); died in 2008
  • Airi Yamada (山田 愛里, Yamada Airi) (2002–2012); now as UNHCR staff
  • Maya Kobayashi (小林 麻耶, Kobayashi Maya) (2003–2009); now as freelance announcer
  • Yūko Aoki (青木 裕子, Aoki Yūko) (2005–2012); now as freelance announcer
  • Maki Arai (新井 麻希, Arai Maki) (2005–2010); now as freelance announcer
  • Erina Masuda (枡田 絵理奈, Masuda Erina) (2008–2015); now as freelance announcer
  • Minami Tanaka (田中みな実, Tanaka Minami) (2009–2014); now as freelance announcer
  • Haruka Kobayashi (小林 悠, Kobayashi Haruka) (2010–2016)
  • Nagisa Satō (佐藤 渚, Satō Nagisa) (2009–2017); now as a professional soccer player from Urawa Reds
  • Akiyo Yoshida (吉田 明世, Yoshida Akiyo) (2011-2019)
  • Minaho Hayashi (林みなほ, Hayashi Minaho) (2012-2019)
  • Yuri Sasagawa (笹川 友里, Sasagawa Yuri) (2011-2019) now as a former fencing player.
  • Misato Ugaki (宇垣 美里, Ugaki Misato) (2014-2019)
  • Kaede Itō (伊東 楓, Itō Kaede) (2016-2021)